Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 763 · 40 questions

The grammar rule (Special name, capital letter): A common noun is a general word for any person, place, animal or thing: girl, river, mango, festival. A proper noun is the special name of one person, place, river, day, month or festival: Riya, Ganga, Monday, Diwali. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter; common nouns do not (unless they begin a sentence).

1. 1.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Ganga (c) January (d) Chennai
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) city (c) March (d) river
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Narmada (c) Kolkata (d) Lucknow
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) city (c) Yamuna (d) kite
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) India (c) Yamuna (d) city
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) book (c) Mumbai (d) mango
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Nepal (c) teacher (d) pencil
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kavya (b) pencil (c) mango (d) city
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) book (c) Pongal (d) Japan
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Godavari (c) elephant (d) pencil
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) girl (c) Kabir (d) garden
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Japan (b) girl (c) pencil (d) month
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) kite (c) Sneha (d) city
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) river
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) festival (c) Jaipur (d) mango
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) month
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Pune (c) train (d) month
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Aarav (c) school (d) elephant
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) day
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) country
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) festival
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) day
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) city
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) girl (c) pencil (d) Holi
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) month
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) city
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) mango (c) pencil (d) Monday
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) city
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Dev (b) festival (c) book (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) October (c) girl (d) book
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Narmada (c) pencil (d) Kenya
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) India (c) elephant (d) Jaipur
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Ganga (c) Mumbai (d) Godavari
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) festival (c) January (d) Narmada
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) river
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) festival
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Jaipur (c) mango (d) Mumbai
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) city
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) March (c) Kolkata (d) book

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